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Political Power Pre:Colonial Buganda: Economy, Society & Warfare in the Nineteenth Century

By Richard J. Reid

Book information

Publisher
Ohio University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
082141478X, 9780821414781
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12668418 bytes)
Series
Eastern African Studies
Edition
Paperback
Pages
288\148
Time added
2019-05-18 04:06:11

Description

The pre-colonial African kingdom of Buganda was situated on the northern shore of Lake Victoria. Reid argues that the political history of the state needs to be read in new light given his examination of social, economic, and military developments as the material basis for political power. He explores the relationship between the state, its subjects, and its resources in terms of land, public labor, taxation, regional and long-distance trade, and military organization (to protect trade and resources). The resultant narrative, he argues, is more complex and dynamic than previous scholarship has acknowledged.

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